Strolling round the Piazza and through the pedestrian streets of Covent Garden is a vibrant experience. There are also hidden leafy spots such as Embankment Gardens and Phoenix Garden.

With the only licensed street entertainers in London, the Piazza has other milestones in entertainment, The first mention of a Punch and Judy show in Britain was recorded by diarist Samuel Pepys in 1662.

This took place in the portico of St Paul’s Church, later the setting for the fateful meeting between Eliza Doolittle and Prof Higgins in My Fair Lady/ Pygmalion.